Mixed Crop And Livestock Farming Flashcards
Most distinctive characteristic
Integration of crops and livestock
Most of the crops are fed to the animals and the animals poop to grow more crops
Most common form of commercial agriculture in the USA west of Appalachians and east of 98° west longitude and in much of Europe from France g Russia
Mixed crop and livestock farming
A typical mixed crop ad livestock farm devotes —- land to crops and gets —– of income from animal products (beef milk eggs)
Most
3/4
Pros
Allows farmers to distribute workload evenly through year
Reduces seasonal variations in income
In USA —- is crop most frequently produced in this system
Corn
Why is corn the most generated in this system in the USA
Higher yield per area than ny other crop
What is the corn belt
Most moorland mixed crop and livestock farming region in the USA
Around half of crop land is planted in corn
Second most important crop
Soybeans
Where is the corn belt
—- to —–
Center in —–
Ohio to Dakotas
Center in Iowa
What’s crop rotation
A farm is divided into fields and each is planted on a planned cycle often of several years
Crop changes from one year to the next typically through a cycle of 2+ crops and then a year of fallow before started again
Grow is crop rotation beneficial
Maintain fertility- some crops deplete soil of nutrients while restoring others
What does fallow mean
Unplanted- left uncropped
2 field crop rotation was developed where when
Europe- fifth century
What’s a. Cereal grain
Oats wheat rye barley
How does the2 field crop rotation work
Plant stuff in A while B is uncropped and fallow
